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If you are opening nautilus from Applications->System Tools->File Browser just right click on the Applications menu select "Edit Menus" select System Tools in the configuration window then right click on File Browser select properties remove the %U from the command line and replace with a new start location ie: / ( then close all the windows (this sounds more complicated than it is sorry) if you are starting nautilus from some other launcher just do the last bit.

Thank you Gaurav. The instructions in the link worked! However, ubuntu 11.10 does not have a classic mode to boot into (atleast not by default, gnome shell will have to be installed).
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SiddharthaNov 15 '11 at 11:42